The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 1939
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
8:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.16° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.73° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.